Job Description

Solutions Architect - 6 month contract

Location: London (GB)

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Overview: As a Solutions Architect, you'll play an important role in shaping how we work: setting direction without overcomplicating things, supporting the team with care, and balancing technical curiosity with a down-to-earth mindset. This is an initial 6 month contract with potential to extend depending on business need.

What you'll do

Be responsible for strategic and architectural technical decisions with a particular focus on Financial Operational Systems (Finance, Supply Chain Procurements and Sales)
Define and evaluate architecture options for finance systems and integrations, and present recommendations to senior stakeholders
Support the definition of a cohesive and consistent data model that can serve as the bedrock of all our financial systems whilst maintaining a global view of the impact on other tech systems
Assess existing systems & propose solutions to evolve finance technology to keep up with a rapidly growing scale up business
Collaborate with internal & external development teams during the solution design phase to ensure that any technical solution is fit for purpose
Collaborate closely with our TechOps and Security teams to ensure that the solution we choose fits within the organization, is scalable, supportable and secure

What you'll need

Proven experience designing finance technology and integration architectures in fast-growing, agile organisations
Strong experience with complex systems integration projects
Experience delivering system migrations or transformations while maintaining business continuity
Strong understanding of integration technologies and application architectures
Understanding of modern integration patterns, REST APIs, modern application and data architecture
Understanding at a protocol level of Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity provisioning technologies such as OAuth, OIDC, SAML and SCIM
Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation and present complex integration concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills

About the Company

Octopus Energy has grown exponentially over the last 10 years. It is now a complex multi-billion turnover international group, which participates in multiple industry verticals including retail utilities, utilities management, generation, EV leasing and software sales. We are committed to innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.

Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We were recently named the UK's top company to work for, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. We've also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success.

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